Tribe Admins

Guilty Pleasures….lets see….I’m a fan of Eminem, the rapper, not the candy and will put on my headphones at work to be able to listen. 😉 — In my “free” time I’m currently watching the Great British Baking show and have a secret, not so secret, super crush on Paul Hollywood. Seriously, it’s the hair and his love of baked goodies, because……[Read more]

My very guilty pleasures are reality shows. Not the Real Housewives, American Idol or the Bachelor, but shows along the lines of Teen Mom, Jersey Shore, Hoarders and pretty much ANYTHING on TLC. Please tell me I am not alone in this and that someone will confess to this as well. 🙂

Thank goodness! I could talk to you for hours about 90 Day Fiancé. I didn’t watch last night’s episode, but I look forward to seeing Michael’s mom’s reaction to meeting Angela when I get home, AND her reaction to Michael’s comment about her regarding a dress that I’ve seen in the preview. This will probably be brutal.

Same here! I joined the 90 days reddit and I love reading the comments! I know very few people who enjoy the show so I’m glad I found another person! This new episode is going to be wild! This season has some of the craziest couples, haha

Ok, I love Historical fiction. I have read many books centered on the WWII era but I am not limited to that time period. This is strange because I really did not like taking History as a subject in school. Maybe because I like character driven stories…

Yes, not my favorite learning experience either. I didn’t want to sit through lectures so I took both History and Government classes in a video format (actually through my local PBS channel). This was a new way to take classes back then;) and I took tests on campus. So I have always been a self-motivated learner and it’s no wonder I like the…[Read more]

I’d recommend The Scribe of Sienna (Winawer) if you like 15th century….a contemporary woman sees herself in a 15th century painting……you can see where this is going….but the descriptions of her adapting to the 15th century were fascinating, as they were in Harkness’s 2nd book Shadow of Night.

I’d recommend The Scribe of Sienna (Winawer) if you like 15th century….a contemporary woman sees herself in a 15th century painting……you can see where this is going….but the descriptions of her adapting to the 15th century were fascinating, as they were in Harkness’s 2nd book Shadow of Night.

I have been addicted to the Walking Dead for a few years now. I chanced upon a season three episode that really drew me in so I binged all previous seasons/episodes to get up to date. I actually watched “with” my nephew and sister-in-law who live in another state. We texted each other while watching. We have all grown away from the show with…[Read more]

Murder Mysteries. Books and TV shows, preferably British. I believe there’s a genre called Cozy Mysteries. The story is usually set in a little village where an extrordinary number of murders occur and the townspeople help solve them.

@zaharako I have heard about cozy mysteries and actually had a 200 paper on them last year. I am a fan of anything British, in a small town, preferably on the ocean, with lots of mystery! TV wise: Broadchurch (perhaps not so cozy?)

I actually don’t believe in “guilty” pleasures, just pleasures, LOL. As long as it doesn’t hurt others and is legal, it’s all right with me! I probably developed that attitude because I am a longtime reader and fan of romance novels, and had a career editing them too. It got to be too exhausting defending my love of them, so now I don’t bother –…[Read more]

Hi Sarah Jo! SO MANY recommendations. It really depends on what type of books you like to read. For contemporary or paranormal, I highly recommend Nalini Singh. Some other favorite authors include Ilona Andrews, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Kristen Ashley, Sarina Bowen, Samantha Young, Kylie Scott, and Kristin Callihan, to name a few.

No prob! I am always happy to help people find romances that work for them, LOL. I tend to read a lot of SF/F and contemporary romances, but can usually rec great authors in almost any romance subgenre.

SF/F is definitely a favorite of mine, romantic or not! I really liked Kai Ashante Wilson’s works which I felt were more romance than fantasy despite where they are typically shelved in my libraries. They were just so lovely.

If you want to lightly dip your toe into some more romantic SF/F, I recommend Anne Bishop, Patricia Briggs, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Jennifer Estep, and even old school authors like Tamora Pierce, Sharon Shinn, Anne McCaffrey, and Mercedes Lackey! None of them are considered “romance” authors, per se, but I consider the majority of their books to…[Read more]

LOL! Tricky question, as it can differ wildly from person to person where the distinction lies. For me, erotica is sexually explicit but not necessarily romantic. There is erotic horror, for example. When defining romance as a genre, the Romance Writers of America put it this way: “Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love…[Read more]

My not-so-guilty pleasure is shows about British history and archeology. I’ve seen every episode of Time Team and watch them anytime I need to de-stress. I also really love Martha Stewart shows from the 90s, but her more current stuff is not soothing enough for me.

I also love British history! I hadn’t heard about Time Team but will definitely check it out. As for British TV, I love the good-hearted shows where they choose a family that’s had a really tough circumstance and they build that family a beautiful garden. Or they teach them how to cultivate their dream garden. They are such an antidote to…[Read more]

@barbarabI haven’t heard of Time Team, but the name and your comments make me think you might like the book Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor. It’s about time traveling British historians. It’s very silly and a lot of fun.

@michael I love the Great British Baking show! I enjoy the fact that while some of it is scripted, a lot of it is not. The contestants feel like real people, they dress in their normal clothes and their interviews are candid. They enjoy the competition and engage with one another in a peaceful and humane way. The show isn’t, as you said, mean…[Read more]